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n. 长者,家长,酋长,族长 father and ruler of family or tribe


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a. 饿的,急躁的 inclined to eat; hungry; irritable


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a. 专制的,强硬的,专横的 offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal


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v. 剽窃 steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own


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n. 血浆 the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors


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n. 过剩,过多 excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance


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n. 前提,基于的假定 essential premise; the underlying assumption


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n. 当权者 monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law


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n. 倾向,癖性 state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination


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a. 多产的,丰富的 producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile


Spelling Word: prolific